The Elon Musk era at Twitter began with the firing of the company's top executives and new guidelines that stipulate each person with a blue checkmark next to their name for verification must pay a monthly fee of $7.99. Thus far, the company's new CEO has not revealed if he plans to put restrictions on hate speech, but when Kathy Griffin impersonated him on Twitter, he quickly banned the 62-year-old actress from making another post. Then, he created a brand new "parody" rule that states anyone who impersonates another person on his platform will be suspended permanently.
"Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended," Elon wrote.
Since then, several Twitter users and media outlets have called into question the intent behind Elon's claim that he highly values "freedom of speech" on his platform and the logistics of how he actually plans to prove people are who they say they are. In the act of defiance, several users challenged the new ruler of the Twitterverse by changing their user name to "Elon Musk." This has prompted the slogan, "No, *I am* Elon Musk," to trend online.
Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin recently hopped back on Twitter to troll Elon with a short message to inform him that she'll be using her deceased mom's account (@TipItMaggieG) for the time being.
"I’m back from the grave to say…#FreeKathy #TipIt"
Scroll up to view Elon's message about Twitter's new "parody" rule and Kathy's response.
Source: Los Angeles Times
